Youth audiovisual content material gross sales firm Madgic Distribution — rebranded from APC Kids earlier this summer time — is heading to MIPJunior with a brand new animated sequence Emerald, produced by U.Ok. impartial Kelebek Media for Sky Kids, together with Season 2 of TeamTo’s Jade Armor, produced for France Télévisions and Super RTL following the success of Season 1. The firm heads into the Fall market season celebrating a raft of gross sales throughout its animation slate, together with for Lana Longbeard, which is produced by Madgic’s Zephyr Animation and Copernicus Studios.
Emerald is an 18 x 11′ sequence plus a 22’ particular is tailored from the hit ebook sequence by Harriet Muncaster. Aimed at youngsters aged 4-7, the present was commissioned by Sky Kids within the U.Ok.
Viewers meet Emerald as her life modifications from being an everyday mermaid dwelling along with her dad and his girlfriend above their restaurant to inheriting a princess step-sister and changing into a princess herself when her mum marries the Sea King! Navigating this new world, dwelling between two properties and being a part of a blended household is all new to Emerald, however fortunately Theodore the Sea Unicorn and Shelly the Sea Turtle are there to assist her with the transition and supply loads of laughs alongside the best way.
Emerald is companion sequence to Kelebek Media’s 2D animated sequence Isadora Moon (48 x 11’ + 2 x 22’), which can also be primarily based on the worldwide publishing phenomenon created and written by Muncaster. With over 6 million copies of Isadora Moon books bought worldwide in 36 totally different languages, the character has an enormous following amongst youngsters globally. Madgic Distribution holds worldwide distribution rights for the sequence, excluding the U.Ok. and Italy.
Isadora Moon is produced for Warner Bros. Discovery (U.S.) and Sky Kids (U.Ok.) with the participation of Kidsme (Italy). ABC (Australia), SVT (Sweden), NRK (Norway), YLE (Finland) Knowledge Kids, TFO and TVO (Canada), RTBF (Belgium), Noga Communications (Israel), Clan TVE (Spain), PCWW (Honk-Kong), LRT, Canal+ Polska, Ceska Televize, HITN (Latin America) and V-ME have already picked up the sequence.
The sequence facilities on Isadora: half fairy, half vampire and 100% distinctive! She has unbelievable fairy and vampire expertise that she’s studying to hone — resulting in all types of astonishing adventures within the human world in addition to along with her magical household and pals.
Madgic Distribution can also be launching Season 2 of hit action-comedy sequence Jade Armor at MIPJunior. The new 26 x 22’ season is about for supply on October 2025, and follows a vastly profitable Season 1 for commissioning broadcasters France Télévisions and Super RTL and with the assist of the CNC, Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Département de la Drôme et Valence Romans Agglo and in coproduction with Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinema.
The legendary Jade Armor is a legendary superhero, and now it’s Lan Jun’s flip to be Jade Armor. Even she will’t fairly consider her future is to be this epic hero! With the assistance of her pals, Theo and Alisha and the paranormal Beasticons that accompany the Armor, Lan Jun is thrust right into a sequence of action-packed adventures. Every day, she should cope with each an evil array of tremendous villains and the very actual trials of teenage life.
Jade Armor’s inventive group is led by Chloé Miller, co-creator and supervising director, supported by head writers MJ Offen and Ghislaine Pujol, and co-directors Denis Do and Guilhem Charron. Produced by Marco Balsamo and primarily based on an idea by M Pongo Kuo, Jade Armor is fully produced in TeamTO’s state-of-the-art animation studios in France.
Madgic Distribution has not too long ago secured quite a few new gross sales throughout its animation and live-action slates.
PCCW in Hong Kong has picked up quite a few exhibits for its home free-to-air channel together with: Nitso and the Very Hairy Alphabet (26 x 7’), produced by Eagle Eye Filmproduktion in co-production with KIKA and GS Animation; Lana Longbeard (52 x 11’), produced by Madgic’s manufacturing arm Zephyr and Copernicus Studios; Kelebek Media’s Isadora Moon (48 x 11’ and a pair of x 22’); and TEAMTO’s action-comedy sequence Jade Armor Season 2 (26 x 26’) for its SVOD service NOWTV following the success of Season 1.
TVO Canada and ABC Australia have each picked up Isadora Moon and CBBC live-action sequence High Hoops (10 x 30’), produced by Can Can Productions.
In separate offers, Jade Armor Season 2 has been bought to RTBF Belgium, Telequebec in Canada and Narrative within the U.Ok.
“We are incredibly proud to continue our great relationships with broadcast partners as we head to our first MIPJunior as Madgic Distribution,” mentioned Managing Director Lionel Marty. “There continues to be a genuine appetite for quality animated and live action series and it’s testament to the great producers we work with that so many of our shows have found new homes with leading international broadcasters.”
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